Lolwhut? JewBots? New Austin Powers movie must be coming out. ☠️

"#EnerJew, the #FSU #Jewish #youth movement, has introduced a new #digitaloutreach tool designed to deepen Jewish engagement among thousands of #teenagers across the region. Through an advanced interactive #bot system, the organization is creating new ways for young #Jews to connect with their heritage, traditions, and values—reaching even those in remote communities.

The initiative marks the first time EnerJew has implemented a personal bot format within its programming. Through the platform, each participant can access content directly from their phone, learn practical aspects of #Jewishlife, and actively track their participation in various challenges and activities."

https://fjc-fsu.org/enerjew-launches-innovative-bot-to-strengthen-jewish-engagement-among-fsu-teens/

"Award-winning #photographer #BillAron, known as the “Dean” of #American #Jewish #photographers, has documented #Jewishlife in the #UnitedStates and around the world for more than 50 years.

Some of his #photographs appeared in the earliest issues of #Moment. Join #Aron for a conversation about his latest endeavor, The World in Front of Me: A Bill Aron Retrospective and accompanying #podcast, co-curated with the American Jewish #Historical Society.

The retrospective showcases his work from the #AmericanSouth, #LosAngeles and #NewYork to the #SovietUnion, #Cuba and #Jerusalem. Aron reflects on how documenting Jewish life became his life’s work, how he chose the communities he #photographed, how he got to know his subjects, and over the years what changes he has witnessed in the Jewish world through the lens of his #camera.

In conversation with Moment #Arts and Articles Editor #DianeBolz. Co-sponsored by #AJHS."

https://momentmag.com/through-the-lens-of-jewish-life-a-frame-by-frame-journey-with-bill-aron-and-diane-bolz/

Do you feel like your accent is holding you back from speaking Hebrew?

https://youtu.be/ZeBeWvTI1Ew?si=9bmAUqer3cHXLpJV

#SpeakHebrew #LearnHebrew #Language #HebrewByInbal #JewishLife

📝 Plot:
Mina Tannenbaum traces the intense friendship between two Jewish girls who meet in childhood and grow up together in Paris. As they move into adulthood, affection, rivalry, desire, and insecurity begin to strain their bond. Through love affairs and personal struggles, the film explores female identity, emotional dependence, and the painful transition from youthful intimacy to adult independence.

#MinaTannenbaum
#comingOfAge
#friendship
#femaleIdentity
#intimateDrama
#JewishLife

Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1971.

Returning to one of my favourite photographers on Fortepan, Sándor Kereki, this is an impressive image of the Jewish cemetery in Samarkand.

Source: Fortepan [204761] / Sándor Kereki

#fortepan #Samarkand #Uzbekistan #JewishLife #cemetery

# LBI Film Club | Double Feature: Hannah Cohen’s Holy Communion (2013) & The Blond Boy from the Casbah (2023) | Films available free of charge for one week beginning Monday, 19 January 2026

#film #identity #Algeria #jewishlife #Ireland

Details: https://www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-club/blond-boy-casbah-hannah-cohen-holy-communion

Josephine Sarah "Sadie" Earp (née Marcus; 1861 – 1944)

She was the wife of Wyatt Earp the famed Old West lawman. She met Wyatt in 1881 in the frontier town of Tombstone, Arizona, when she was living with Johnny Behan, sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona. She left Behan, who was nearly twice her age, in 1881, before the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. She returned to San Francisco in March 1882 and was joined that fall by Wyatt, with whom she remained for 46 years until his death in 1929. Josephine Earp had his body cremated and buried him in the Marcus family plot in a Jewish cemetery

Josephine Marcus was born in New York to a Jewish family. They moved to San Francisco, where she attended dance school as a girl. She ran away as a young teen traveling to Arizona looking for adventure. Sadie kept this period of her life a secret but there js evidence that she may have been forced to work as a prostitute under the name Sadie Mansfield. She described this period as 'A bad dream'.

The book I Married Wyatt Earp (1967), is based on a manuscript allegedly written in part by her.

#josephineearp #sadieearp #josephinemarcus #wyattearp #imarriedwyattearp #jewishamericans #jewishlife #jewishwomeninhistory #jewishwomen

The Rise of David Levinsky, by Abraham Cahan, 1917, is a great, free book on gutenberg.org about the early twentieth American #jewish #immigrant experience. I can totally see one or more of my great grandparents reading it back in the day.

#jewishlife #books #fiction #gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2803

What the wonderful movie "The fearless Vampire Killers" has to do with #antisemitism, #jewishlife & #ww2:

"In the film there’s an Eastern European culture which was desolated by the Germans & that’s been killed off for good thanks to Polish Stalinism. It’s the kind of thing that you can see in the work of figures like Chagall & Isaac Babel, & also in certain Polish paintings. This culture, which never reappeared after the war, is part of my childhood memories." Polanski

https://www.openculture.com/2011/10/roman_polanskis_ithe_fearless_vampire_killersi_a_halloween_treat_.html

It's getting real! So excited to be preparing my recital for the Landestheater Detmold.
I have a beautiful program planned!

✡️ BERÜHMTE KOMPONISTEN JÜDISCHER HERKUNFT
🗓️ January 26
🕦 11:30 am
📍 Landestheater Detmold

ℹ️ https://www.landestheater-detmold.de/de/news/214

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#Detmold #Lippe #NRW #lieder #artsong #recital #operaSinger #mazeldon #jewstodon #jewishLife #jewishArt #jewishCulture #jewishMusic #holocaustRemembrance #neverAgainIsNow